Long Story Short Media

07/11/2025

Take a break from the heat with a moment of zen, where we're rewinding back to spring. 🌸

We hope this glimpse of DC’s cherry blossoms gives you a sense of calm, a gentle pause before diving back into this busy summer season.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_rsjLaZ-Ws

On your busy weekday, take a moment to breathe as the wind blows through the cherry blossoms at the Tidal Basin. _______Long Story Short Media (LSS Media) is...

06/27/2025

Today is National HIV Testing Day, which made us think of one of our most fulfilling projects — our work with the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) on the Greater Than AIDS campaign.

When it comes to HIV, knowledge is power. Now there are more options than ever to prevent and treat HIV — but ten years ago, the LGBTQ+ community wasn’t having a conversation about the increase in HIV rates.

KFF wanted to change that, and launched the “Speak Out” campaign to bring discussions about HIV out of the closet. With our friends at Greater Than AIDS, we filmed personal testimonials, candid group conversations, and PSAs in San Francisco, Dallas, Atlanta, and DC, as well as with doctors answering crowd-sourced questions about HIV and PrEP — all to help remove stigma and arm communities with information.

As one of our interviewees shared, “No one has to die today from HIV. The sad truth is that people still are.”

On this National HIV Testing Day, when we see federal funding cuts to vital HIV programs, this series still reminds us to support one another, challenge stigma, and most important — to speak out.

🎥 Watch one of the PSAs below — and to learn more about HIV and find a testing site near you, visit: https://www.greaterthan.org/

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06/20/2025

It’s officially summer ☀️🏖️

To celebrate the season - we asked our in-house culture experts for their take on what defines the summer of 2025 — from star signs to standout albums 🌟🎧

06/12/2025

📍 U.S. Capitol one day
📍 Lincoln Center the next

From an impactful summit in D.C. about restoring America’s Everglades to a star-studded music event in New York City with the likes of Gracie Abrams and Kacey Musgraves — we made it happen, and all within 24 hours of one another.

Special thanks to Everglades Foundation and National Music Publishers' Association for letting us tell their stories!

06/07/2025

In honor of World Pride, we’re revisiting a project we produced for Yahoo News that captures the triumph of relentless activism in the face of government discrimination.

The documentary, led by award-winning investigative journalist Michael Isikoff, follows a group of “archive activists” — scholars, attorneys, and advocates — who uncovered the history of the federal government’s systematic persecution of the LGBTQ+ community, from the "Lavender Scare" of the 1950s through the legalization of gay marriage in 2015.

The film’s title, Uniquely Nasty, is drawn directly from federal documents used to describe the government’s opinion of employees suspected of being gay. Featuring narration from actors George Takei and Matt Bomer, the film premiered at DC’s E Street Cinema and went on to screen at the Library of Congress, Smithsonian, National Archives, Department of Justice, and across the country. It earned an Edward R. Murrow Award and a Webby nomination.

Rewatching it today, we’re reminded how quickly rights can be rolled back, voices silenced, and history erased. As we celebrate World Pride here in our hometown of DC, we’re more committed than ever to telling stories like this — and we’re gearing up for more Long Story Short documentaries ahead.

Watch the promo below, and you can watch the full-length documentary here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ouj-95lNF8M

05/28/2025

A moment of appreciation for our furry friends here at LSS 🐶🐱

Featuring the newest addition to our family — Spud!

Which pet are you channeling today? Let us know in the comments!

Pets featured (in order): Spud, Peanut, Coco, Sadie, Nyx, Zag, Evie, Tuna, Cielo, Ollie

05/22/2025

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05/22/2025

... Robin Hood! 🏹 💚

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Year four with Team Robin Hood and it just keeps getting better, along with our amazing partners , , and the remarkable folks at

We helped transform the into a sports-themed wonderland for, as called it, “the Super Bowl of philanthropy.” ✨🏈

This year, we had the honor of producing films, scripting, designing graphics and animation, and helping shape the narrative of the Robin Hood Benefit.

📸 Photos: .one

05/15/2025

One of the joys of being a D.C.-based full-service production company is having the opportunity to work on exciting projects in America's Front Yard. 🌳🇺🇲🏛️

LSS recently completed another project for the Trust for the National Mall, an official nonprofit partner of the National Park Service. The video was created for their signature gala, AMERICA’S BALL for THE MALL: The Road to 250, which premiered earlier this week. This special event was held in celebration of the National Mall and the upcoming Semiquincentennial — the 250th anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence in 2026.

Watch to learn about The Trust for the National Mall's countdown to 250 and their plan to restore historical landmarks in Washington, D.C., like the Sylvan Theater and Constitution Gardens: https://www.nationalmall250.org/

05/09/2025

April showers bring May flowers 🌧️☀️💐

📸 Photos by Emily Alff and Belinda Shao

04/30/2025

As Earth Month comes to a close, we’re reflecting on the many projects that have taken LSS into the great outdoors. We'd like to thank our clients for trusting us to craft engaging stories that raise awareness and inspire action on sustainability and social impact in the U.S. and around the world.

From filming and producing on the tops of mountains to editing footage of the ocean's depths, and trekking across national parks in the U.S. or visiting farms and villages abroad, we are grateful to have the opportunity to bring the beauty of the outdoors — and the importance of preserving nature — to the forefront.

Thank you to the National Park Foundation, Bezos Earth Fund, and many more of our amazing clients over the years who are working to preserve and protect the Earth for many years to come.